Edith Diaz
Acting
Biography
Edith Diaz (October 23, 1949 – December 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican actress known for the roles in film, television, and stage. She co-founded the Screen Actors Guild's Ethnic Minorities Committee in 1972.
Born: October 23, 1949
Place of Birth: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Known For
The Gun
The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.
All in the Family
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
Quincy, M.E.
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
Murder, She Wrote
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Barney Miller
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
Kojak
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Born on the Fourth of July
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Sister Act
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.
Nick of Time
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.
Filmography
as Elvira
as Ella
as Irene (Domestic Maintenance)
as Choir Nun
as Choir Nun
as Mother Arnaz
as Madame - Villa Dulce
as Emma
as Mrs. Simmons
as Morena
as Linda
as Ben Ezra's Wife
as Maria Sanchez
as Angel Perez
as Mrs. Rodriguez
as Gloria
as Celia Ortez
as Lupe
as Serafina Mendoza